WWCN11 CWWG 060327
SNOWFALL WARNING
FOR SOUTHERN MANITOBA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 9:27 P.M. CST WEDNESDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2025.
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SNOWFALL WARNING FOR:
      DAUPHIN - RUSSELL - ROBLIN - WINNIPEGOSIS
      MINNEDOSA - RIDING MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
      STE. ROSE - MCCREARY - ALONSA - GLADSTONE
      SWAN RIVER - DUCK MOUNTAIN - PORCUPINE PROVINCIAL FOREST
      ARBORG - HECLA - FISHER RIVER - GYPSUMVILLE - ASHERN
      BERENS RIVER - LITTLE GRAND RAPIDS - BLOODVEIN - ATIKAKI
      POPLAR RIVER
      GRAND RAPIDS - WATERHEN.

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==DISCUSSION==

SNOWFALL WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 CM IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE 
PARKLANDS AND INTERLAKE REGIONS OF MANITOBA. 

THIS SYSTEM, TRACKING THROUGH THE NORTHERN US STATES, CONTINUES TO 
BRING HEAVY BANDS OF SNOW THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL INTERLAKE 
REGIONS OF MANITOBA WEDNESDAY EVENING. LIGHT, FLUFFY SNOW WILL 
RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO LIGHT FLURRIES EARLY 
THURSDAY MORNING IN SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN 
MANITOBA.

PREPARE FOR QUICKLY CHANGING AND DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 
RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OVER SOME 
LOCATIONS. RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. 
SURFACES SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY 
BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE DUE TO ACCUMULATING SNOW. THERE MAY BE 
A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN URBAN AREAS. PUBLIC 
SAFETY CANADA ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY PLAN AND GET 
AN EMERGENCY KIT WITH DRINKING WATER, FOOD, MEDICINE, A FIRST-AID 
KIT AND A FLASHLIGHT. FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY PLANS AND KITS GO 
TO HTTPS://WWW.GETPREPARED.GC.CA/. 

SNOWFALL WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. 

PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO 
MBSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)MBSTORM.

HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA

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